The first time they meet they just randomly kiss. View Spoiler » Nyx’s relationship with one of the guys-Shade-was very insta-lovey. I say “sort of” because there’s actually more to it than that. For starters, there’s sort of a love triangle. Think Shades, weird magic that I didn’t get, constant references to gods, the furies, a magical castle that changes and is almost alive.Īnd the romance in Cruel Beauty is also kind of strange. But I honestly thought it was a little weird. Maybe it’s because I didn’t expect it so I wasn’t prepared, or maybe it actually didn’t work within the book I’m not sure. Almost right away it becomes clear that there’s a huge connection to Greek mythology, and while I normally love Greek mythology, I just didn’t click with it at all in Cruel Beauty. Even if she could bring herself to love her sworn enemy, how can she refuse her duty to kill him? With time running out, Nyx must decide what is more important: the future of her kingdom, or the man she was never supposed to love.įor starters, I think that Cruel Beauty was just nothing like I expected. The strangely charming lord beguiles her, and his castle-a shifting maze of magical rooms-enthralls her.Īs Nyx searches for a way to free her homeland by uncovering Ignifex's secrets, she finds herself unwillingly drawn to him. Her plan? Seduce him, destroy his enchanted castle, and break the nine-hundred-year-old curse he put on her people.īut Ignifex is not at all what Nyx expected.
Still, on her seventeenth birthday, Nyx abandons everything she's ever known to marry the all-powerful, immortal Ignifex. With no choice but to fulfill her duty, Nyx resents her family for never trying to save her and hates herself for wanting to escape her fate. And since birth, she has been in training to kill him. Since birth, Nyx has been betrothed to the evil ruler of her kingdom-all because of a foolish bargain struck by her father.
Published by: Balzer & Bray on January 28, 2014īased on the classic fairy tale Beauty and the Beast, Cruel Beauty is a dazzling love story about our deepest desires and their power to change our destiny.
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